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Synonyms for cutlass


Grammar : Noun
Spell : kuht-luh s
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkʌt ləs

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Définition of cutlass

Origin :
  • 1590s, from Middle French coutelas (16c.), probably from Italian coltellaccio "large knife" (with augmentative suffix -accio), from coltello "knife," from Latin cultellus "small knife," diminutive of culter "knife, plowshare," from PIE *kel-tro-, from root *(s)kel- "to cut" (see scale (n.1)).
  • As in knife : noun cutting tool
  • As in weapon : noun arm, armament
  • As in blade : noun cutting tool
  • As in sword : noun saber
  • As in saber : noun weapon
  • As in sword : noun weapon
  • As in dagger : noun knife
Example sentences :
  • He ducked instinctively, striking upward with his cutlass as he did so.
  • Extract from : « Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates » by Howard Pyle
  • The point of the cutlass just passed my hip-bone, and gave me a smart flesh-wound.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • Use only the cutlass when you gain the parapet and ply like men.
  • Extract from : « Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer » by Cyrus Townsend Brady
  • And signing to one of the men to join Darby at the door, he drew his cutlass.
  • Extract from : « The Wild Geese » by Stanley John Weyman
  • His belt was tightly drawn round his waist, and his cutlass hung from it.
  • Extract from : « Hair Breadth Escapes » by T. S. Arthur
  • “You can pass if your wench gives me a kiss,” said the soldier with the cutlass.
  • Extract from : « Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times » by Charles Carleton Coffin
  • I longed to take my cutlass in my teeth and board a Spaniard.
  • Extract from : « John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein » by Frank R. Stockton
  • Cutlass in hand, Decatur was first on the deck of the enemy.
  • Extract from : « The Naval History of the United States » by Willis J. Abbot.
  • Young Glory was in the front of the battle, laying about him with his cutlass.
  • Extract from : « Young Glory and the Spanish Cruiser » by Walter Fenton Mott
  • To keep their piece, pistols, and cutlass clean, and fit for service.
  • Extract from : « Great Pirate Stories » by Various
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